tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84101670169531619902024-03-19T11:26:22.891+01:00Meimer studying Dutch migrants in rural Sweden(aka Orange Waves)Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-84863944147571101132014-02-26T15:10:00.002+01:002014-02-26T15:10:50.783+01:00The final post (?)As it is now, this is probably the final post on this blog. My period as a PhD student has come to an end, and a new period as a Post Doctoral researcher at <a href="http://www.geoekhist.umu.se/" target="_blank">Umeå University</a> will start during Spring 2014. I would like to thank you for reading my posts and refer to other interesting websites:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">A digital version of my doctoral thesis</span>:<br />
<a href="http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?searchId=1&pid=diva2:646603">http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?searchId=1&pid=diva2:646603</a><br />
Please scroll down to Filinformation and click on Sammanfattning. <br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The Lifestyle Migration (LM) Hub</span>:<br />
<a href="http://www.uta.fi/yky/lifestylemigration">http://www.uta.fi/yky/lifestylemigration</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">A blog kept by LM Hub members</span>:<br />
<a href="http://lifestylemigrationhub.wordpress.com/">http://lifestylemigrationhub.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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At the moment, we are considering to communicate results of the project at Umeå University through social media. If this is the case, more information can be found on this blog. In the meantime, I can uncover a preliminary title of the project: <em>Mobilising the rural</em>. Sounds interesting!<br />
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So, what has happened since the latest post?<br />
During summer, I have been writing and editing the manuscript with a deadline on 16 September 2013. After some two weeks of final editing, the manuscript was accepted for print. On 8 November 2013, I defended the thesis in public, which was very exciting!<br />
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During November, December and January (2014) I did some lecturing. Everything was basically the same, except that I was now called "Universitetsadjunkt" instead of "Doktorand" :) I also looked for job opportunities and was lucky enough to find a job in Umeå.<br />
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On 8 February, the annual ceremony of Örebro University took place, in which new Doctors received their award, followed by a banquet.<br />
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The coming month of March will see some more lecturing in Human Geography at Örebro University, before my transfer to Umeå. Therefore, it is unfortunately not possible to keep the Media Dossier in the right-hand menu up to date. But I hope to be able to follow the news on Dutch lifestyle migrants in Rural Sweden, as appeared yesterday in one of Sweden's largest newspapers and on Swedish radio:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Dagens Nyheter</span>: <a href="http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/nu-flyttar-fler-till-an-fran-glesbygden">http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/nu-flyttar-fler-till-an-fran-glesbygden</a><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Sveriges Radio</span>: <a href="http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=4058&artikel=5794098">http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=4058&artikel=5794098<span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></a>
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Let's keep up the good work!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-14508191745806505692013-06-28T14:14:00.001+02:002013-06-28T14:14:19.510+02:00Final summer of the projectNow that the Midsummer festivities have taken place a week ago, most colleagues are on holidays or working home. It's quiet here at Örebro University Campus, with a few youngsters left, working on their PhD dissertations. As you have guessed, I am one of them, working towards a deadline on 17 September 2013. This is the date that was set, after the final seminar in May. If everything goes according to plan, the manuscipt will be revised by then, which means it can be printed for posting on 15 October. Public defence of the dissertation is currently scheduled at 8 November 2013.<br />
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But in the mean time, I am reading and writing, reflecting and revising. Most attention goes to the theoretical frame, which will consist of a critical review of the fields of creative class (Florida, 2002, 2007), counterurbanisation and lifestyle migration. Other revision considers the research design. Based on this, a conclusion and an epilogue with recommendations for further studies will be written.<br />
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Recently, <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1544-8452/earlyview" target="_blank">Population, Space and Place</a> notified me that an article of mine ("Lifestyle migration to the North") is accepted for publication. So, before the end of the year, this will probably be posted on their website. Also, another article was published at the site of <a href="http://eur.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/05/20/0969776413481370.abstract" target="_blank">European Urban and Regional Studies</a>, some weeks ago. This article examines rural place promotion to attract new residents to the Swedish countryside. A summary can be found on the <a href="http://lifestylemigrationhub.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/promoting-swedish-countryside-in-the-netherlands-international-rural-place-marketing-to-attract-new-residents/" target="_blank">blog</a> of the lifestyle migration hub.<br />
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Through this hub, my attention was alos drawn to a conference on practices of the good life, to be held in Lissabon later this year. I am happy to participate there! More information can be found <a href="http://goodlifepracticescria.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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For now, revising the Kappa, I hope to enjoy this final summer of the PhD project. Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-27538569832248136492013-05-06T09:42:00.000+02:002013-06-28T13:55:33.588+02:00Final SeminarIn about a week's time, the final seminar will take place.<br />
This means that all manuscripts will be commented upon by an external opponent.<br />
These manuscripts are the four papers:<br />
I: the article published in <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tesg.2012.103.issue-3/issuetoc" target="_blank">Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie</a>.<br />
II: an article accepted for <a href="http://eur.sagepub.com/content/early/recent" target="_blank">European Urban and Regional Studies</a>.<br />
III: a manuscript submitted to <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1544-8452" target="_blank">Population, Space and Place</a>, after a second revision.<br />
IV: a chapter in a book about Place and Identity.<br />
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As a synthesis of these four papers, I spent the first months of 2013 writing a Kappa, in which research design, theory and results are specified.<br />
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As usual, it was hard to find a longer period of time in which to write non-stop, since other projects evolved simultaneously:<br />
- a course on Social Theory and Geography, with meetings in Uppsala (January), Lund (March) and Gotland (April). A paper for this course is due in June.<br />
- a course on Quantitative Methods, with lectures or laboraties almost every Thursday in Örebro.<br />
- an internet-course on information seeking, through Blackboard and at the <a href="http://www.oru.se/ub" target="_blank">University library</a> in Örebro.<br />
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Last but not least, I was lucky enough to be accepted to present a paper (in the Bonaventure Hotel) at the annual conference of the <a href="http://www.aag.org/" target="_blank">Association of American Geographers</a>, this year held in Los Angeles, in April.<br />
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Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-167748092446312212012-12-21T14:10:00.001+01:002013-05-06T09:45:07.777+02:00Approaching the final yearNow that Christmas is so near (and it's really quiet at work) - I should be heading home soon. There is, however, some time left for a cup of tea and rounding up the autumn term. So, what has happened the past few months?<br />
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Well, the second article has undergone minor revisions and is submitted to a journal about a week ago. The third article has been revised and resubmitted halfway into November. The fourth article is sent for review together with the other chapters (by other authors) to be combined into an anthology on "Place and Identity". <br />
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We have moved to Forumhuset at Örebro University and two of us who started their PhD studies in september 2007 have finalised their project: November set the scene for Sanna's and Marcus' Dissertation parties. Moreover, Peter has had his final seminar and will be defending his Dissertation in April. Also, the organisation of CUReS is being revised and next year will bring some changes: from an institutionalised research centre, we will become a more loosely organised network.<br />
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Next year will probably also bring a trip to Los Angeles, where the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers will be held. Some weeks later, in May, I'm supposed to have my Kappa finished for a final seminar. So, that's what I should start with right after the Christmas break: writing a Kappa (synthesis)!<br />
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But first, Merry Christmas and a Mobile New Year!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-18745930338180975102012-09-25T11:30:00.000+02:002012-09-25T11:30:00.528+02:00Lifestyle Migration Hub<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, a blog post about my research has been published on a newly established <a href="http://lifestylemigrationhub.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/plotting-lifestyle-migration-vi-exploring-dutch-migration-to-rural-sweden/" target="_blank">Blog on Lifestyle Migration</a>. Go on and have look!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-59179228020184557202012-09-11T11:30:00.000+02:002012-09-11T11:37:20.710+02:00Almost a year...Almost a year has passed since the latest item was published on this blog. I have been meaning to write, but "time flies", as the spatio-temporal saying goes... <br />
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Those 12 months in retrospect: <br />
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In November 2011, a manuscript on international rural placemarketing was finalised and submitted. In that month and the next, I was teaching on a course on population, mobility and urbanisation. In January, a conference on <em>Place Branding</em> was organised, in Utrecht, on which I gained many interesting insights in (mainly) city branding, and how it may or may not be translated into rural areas. I also presented a paper on rural place branding, which may be published in an e-book on the organisors <a href="http://www.inpolis.de/inpolis-projektdetail_83_en.html" target="_blank">website</a>. </div>
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Since 1 August 2012, I am back at work after 8 months of paternity leave. Besides much administrative efforts, some reading and writing has been done during the past weeks. <br />
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<li>For a course on Classical Geographical Texts, in which I have been enrolled since 2008, I finally found time and inspiration to write the final paper. I decided to focus on <em>senses of place</em> (Tuan) and <em>affect</em> (Thrift). </li>
<li>Simultaneously, I have been working on an article about Lifestyle migration to the North, for which I received comments in July. This article was the subject of a short seminar at Aspa Mansion south of Örebro, as part of the annual internal meeting with <a href="http://www.oru.se/cures" target="_blank">CUReS</a> in August. </li>
<li>At that meeting, plans were discussed for the publication of a reader on <em>place and identity</em>, which may be on it's way before the end of the year. Ten texts/chapters are written. Contacts with the publisher will hopefully result in more information and perhaps more concrete planning.</li>
<li>A schedule is planned for a course on population, mobility and urbanisation, to be taught in November and December 2012.</li>
<li>Preparations are made for a final Seminar (<em>Slutseminarium</em>) for one of my colleague PhD Candidates, on Thursday 12 September. </li>
<li>A lot of reading rather theoretical texts needs to be done, in order to prepare for writing a synthesis (Kappa) for my upcoming dissertation.</li>
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This gives rise to looking forward. Also in this case, one can speak of almost a year. Either in June, September or October 2013, I will probably defend my dissertation. But first, around March next year, my final Seminar is due. Untill that time, so much work is to be done; finalising two articles and a chapter, writing a Kappa, finding an opponent for the final Seminar, etc.</div>
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Also next year, two interesting events are organised, in which some of our Human Geography department may participate; the biannual Nordic Geographer's Meeting (<a href="https://conference.hi.is/ngm2013/" target="_blank">NGM</a>), in June 2013 in Reykjavík (IS) and a conference on Emotional Geographies in Groningen (NL) a month later.</div>
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Hopefully, the next item on this blog will not take another year to be published!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-78286452041767740082011-10-20T16:47:00.004+02:002011-10-20T17:03:18.278+02:00Articles, Conferences, LecturesIt's been a month now, since I started working again after the long summer holidyas and paternity leave. At the moment, it feels like I'm there again, in the middle of the PhD jungle! In 6 weeks time, my real period of paternity leave will start, so I am about half way this autumn period, that was supposed to be a very productive time.<br /><br />First of all, it took about two weeks to start it all up again. I transcribed an interview, which was a lot of work, but valuable. During this work, reflections came up about how to organise the autumn months. It all centres around three manuscripts; <br /><br />- one about rural Swedish municipalities engaging in rural place marketing efforts, as descirbed earlier by Niedomysl and Heldt Cassell. However, a nordic dimension, an international approach and rural destinations make this study timely. This is supposed to result in an article, number 2 so far.<br /><br />- one about ambivalence and identity shift after migration. How things that we moved away from in the country of origin can develop into triggers of return migration. This is supposed to become a chapter in an anthology with the working title "Place and Identity".<br /><br />- one about the decision making process prior to moving from urban Netherlands to rural Sweden. This is the least develoepd one so far, but still it is supposed to result in article number 3.<br /><br />In order to test some ideas, I will be attending the second edition of the Nordic Urban Workshop in Stockholm next week. This is a valuable platform as it consists mainly of PhD students, some of whom we met during the first edition in Örebro one year ago. A month or two later - yes I'll take a day off from my leave - I hope to attend an international conference on Place Branding in Utrecht. Many presentations are scheduled for this event, and at least two may prove interrelated with the article I'm currently working on (Art.2). One about marketing rural areas in general and another about branding coal mining identities of South Wales. Looking forward to those presentations!<br /><br />In the mean time, of course, I prepare lectures for the course on Population Geography. After all, that seems to be my field!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-64944228861417113462011-07-23T19:20:00.001+02:002011-07-25T19:43:22.675+02:00Spring & Summer 2011In the midst of Summer 2011, it's finally time for only the second item of the year. Now that I've been on paternity leave and waiting for the second little one to come since the 4th of July, I've some spare time for an attempt to summarise the past months of 2011:<br /><br />- lecturing; the course on Population, Urbanisation and Mobility in a slightly altered format, as well as a complete new format for the course on writing a minor academic thesis (B-uppsats). This second course was joined with the former course on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to result in an integrated map-and-report assignment.<br /><br />- conferences; the final week of the GIS-report course coincided with the 4th biannual Nordic Geographers Meeting (NGM) in Roskilde, Denmark. Thus, this week at the end of May was quite a challenge, where Anders and me found ourselves replying to students' e-mails before breakfast at 7 am in our B&B at the Danish countryside. The other conference was the 6th International Conference on Population Geographies (ICPG) in Umeå with many interesting contributions and a conference diner at the archipelago of Norrbyskär. Next ICPG will be held in Groningen in 2013!<br /><br />- manuscripts; Mostly during June, I've been writing and editing a number of manuscripts for my Dissertation. The first article, on international counterurbanisation, was in need of minor revisions which were to be done in due time. The second and third articles, on rural place marketing and the decision to migrate from the Netherlands to rural Sweden respectively, are in the course of creation. Last but not least, a chapter on mobility, place and ambivalence is in the making. This manuscript is supposed to be a contribution to an anthology on place and identity, to be published by CUReS. We will have a meeting in Bredsjö in August in order to discuss progression considering the Anthology.<br /><br />- fieldwork; at the basis for the manuscripts lies fieldwork covering some months and a number of observations and interviews at emigration fairs and with Dutch households in Bergslagen. This fieldwork will be continued after my paternity leave ends in September.<br /><br />By the way, needless to say that this blog is simply an online diary of a PhD Student in Sweden. For more contents and debates, one may take a look at <a href="http://bomelkermalmberg.blogspot.com">Bo Malmberg's </a>or <a href="http://lenasommestad.wordpress.com">Lena Sommestad's </a>weblogs.Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-25761451306700720702011-01-03T14:13:00.006+01:002011-04-02T19:20:37.870+02:00New year, new plans<em>So, and 2011 it is :)</em> <br />Christmas Holidays went by too fast, as always. <br />The days before the holidays were hectic, as always. <br /><br />On 16 December, Mats, Dieter and me had a meeting about our plans and basically we discussed the two articles to come. It was about time to start writing, so this is what I'll do the coming weeks. I'll write about place marketing and public private partnerships (PPP's) in order to have an introduction for the second article. For the third article, the introduction will have to concentrate on the life course perspective and decision making processes. For the planning of the months ahead, this means the following: <br /><br />First and foremost, I need to finalise the paper for the course on Geographical perspectives on Heritage industries (Swedish abreviation: GPKU) in Central Sweden. This is in fact a warm-up for the two articles to come. <br /><br />Soon, on 19 January I'll head for the Netherlands in order to visit Placement's Scandinavia Day in Hoevelaken. Here, I'll will mostly observe and study in practice what I've learned about palce marketing techniques so far. In February, the big Emigration Fair is organised in Houten, Utrecht. I'll also visit this fair and observer the stands hold by the Swedish actors and see how they attract hundreds of Dutch families to come and live with them. <br /><br />Meanwhile, plans are made for fieldwork in March, where I'll finally make my data "talk". I'll conduct semi-structured interviews with a number of Dutch actors in Central Sweden. They should be entrepreneurs, lifestyle migrnats and families. This way, an investigation can be amde of what expectations and aspirations the Swedish municipalities had when starting their Holland-projects. It can also be examined in what way and to what degree these aims are fulfilled. The same goes for the Dutch familes: what goals, and wishes did they have and what are their (post-)migration experiences? This could be supported theoretically by the work of Baumann, Giddens, Urry, Harvey, Lefebvre and the like. <br /><br />So many other plans exist simultaneously; lecturing in the course on population, urbanisation and mobility, as well as in a course on a project resulting in a socalled B-paper, one level before the Bachelor thesis. In May, there will be a Nordic Geographers meeting in Roskilde, in June tehre will be a meeting for Population Geographers in Umeå. I hope to be able to present some results in connection to the above named articles at both of these confrerences. But first, in February, us geographers in Örebro will host a small workshop for a Swedish network of population geographers. <br /><br />Also before the holidays, we were a small delegation from Örebro to witness a colleague in Borlänge at the defence of his Dissertation on 17 December. This was very interesting, thinking about my own work ahead. But for now, a slow start is what I want - not many have returned to office after these two weeks. This may facilitate the work on the paper for GPKU.Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-810446216507364612010-11-22T14:05:00.004+01:002010-11-22T14:40:41.242+01:00November 2010Usually in Sweden (or at least here at <a href="http://www.oru.se/cures">CUReS</a> in Örebro), academic terms start up slowly and evolve into dynamic periods. Suddenly, you find yourself in mid-term stress when you discover that a lot has to be done before the end of the term. It's at times like these that it can be good to examine the numerous different assignments and the way they relate to each other.<br /><br />November 2010 is no exception to this rule. Last Thursday and Friday, we've been to <a href="http://www.bredsjogarden.se/">Bredsjö </a>for so-called internal seminars. Gathered together with a group of about 20 regional and urban researchers, we discussed our work in three thematic groups: "place and identity", "regional and urban development" and "sustainability and climate change". This resulted in discussions of our to organsie our work here and how to repesent the centre in external communication.<br /><br />Closely related to this is the general research plan for CUReS, which we discussed at the end of the series of seminars. In between we discussed each other's papers. I commented on Andreas paper and Håkan commented on my paper. Valuable contributions were made in the field of place, space, identity and place marketing. Of course, these sessions were accompanied by an abundance of good food and drinks.<br /><br />For me personally, this means that I now can continue my work on a course paper for the long-gone course of Geographical perspectives on cultural heritage. This paper was due in the autumn of 2009, when I was on paternity leave. So now I have confronted myslef with a new deadline; I want it toi be finished before the start of the Christmas holidays.<br /><br />My to-do list in short:<br />- get rid of the text based on <a href="http://www.simonanholt.com/">Anholt</a> and <a href="http://www.imagian.com/">Moilanen & Rainisto</a> - these are too much of a consultancy character, rather than an academic character.<br />- add a more thorough study of Ashworth & Voogd (1990) as well as the other classical texts of place marketing.<br />- add a discussion on texts about cultural heritage provided in the course literature.<br /><br />This course paper should then function as a point of departure for my second and third article, about palce marketing and decision making in the context of dutch migration to Sweden in the early 21st century (aka Orange Waves). It is still undecided where and how to draw the line between these to interrelated topics. One thing that should be done however, is to use a more problematising approach to the subjects. For instance, it could be made more political by asking why the swedish municipalities attracting ducth migrnats don't want to make more use of the existing group of asylum seekers and refugees from de Middle East and African countries already residing there. Moreover, I can also ask the Dutch migrants what they are moving away from; do they perhaps see the Dutch society as too multicultural? Do they prefer being (European, white, Christian) immigrants in Sweden over living with (non-European, non-white, non-Christian) immigrants in the Netherlands?<br /><br />Besides this, we have gatherd in a two-day <a href="http://www.oru.se/humus/nuw">Nordic Urban Workshop</a> here in Örebro in October 2010. We were about fifteen PhD students from a number of different countries and univeristies in Sweden discussing urban research in general. This resulted in teh start of a network that will hopefully be able to grow and maintain itself at the fore-front of Nordic Urban research.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I have also been teaching again, at the same course as last spring, when my father so sadly passed away. I feels strangely awkward to take up the same topics and study the same subjects as I was doing then. I am currently reflecting on what to discuss during the two remaining lectures, to be given in early December. These are the lectures that I was simply not able to give last Spring. It looks like I will summarise a PhD course that I took earlier on this year, called "Mobility in time and space". This summary should be about 45 minutes and it will give an overview of the interdisciplinary theme of mobility studies. Another part of the lecture should discuss migration in general and its different types (partly based on the course literure by Khalid Koser). It should also focus on different types of migration in different periods of time.<br /><br />That would be a good bridge to the final lecture, about international migration to the Swedish countryside. For this lecture, I could rely on my own studies. General overviews of Migration to Sweden during the recent decades should be followed by a specific presentation of Dutch migrants in Sweden. Possibly, I will add a short intercultural seminar on population geography, in order to contribute to "internationalisation at the home ground".<br /><br />Last but not least, I'm co-organising a meeting with a Swedish Population Geograper's network, to be held here in Örebro on 2 February 2011. This is quite an informal meeting that takes place every year in the early spring (or in Sweden this would be mid-winter). It looks like we have been able to arrange an interesting programme!<br /><br />More news next-time!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-440280750039495722010-09-22T16:00:00.011+02:002011-10-20T18:28:55.461+02:00September 2010C & L are in Northern Sweden to visit family. I couldn't join them since I had too much work to do. Is that really true? I'm trying to take it easy since papa died, 'cause there's so much more in life than work. But if I hadn't been able to work for ten days, it would have been stressful afterwards.<br /><br />So what's on? The new academic year has now most definitely started with many students studying human geography and tourism studies. Of course this is a good sign for us, but it also means much more work with still the same amount of time that we get paid for. 33 students may not seem so much, but dividing them into 2 groups with three seminars for each group and having to correct 3 assignments 33 times takes time!<br /><br />Well, we're planning as we speak, and as it is me who is repsonsoible for the course this autumn, I also book lecture rooms and that sort of administrative thing. This time, we even scheduled a study visit to the Migration Board in Örebro (<a href="http://www.migrationsverket.se/">http://www.migrationsverket.se/</a>). Let's hope this gives somewhat of a practical start of the course, as students may learn a lot more from this than from reading a 100 pages...<br /><br />Also, on 14 and 15 Ocotober 2010, <a href="http://www.oru.se/cures">CUReS</a> will host the first <a href="http://www.oru.se/humus/nuw">Nordic Urban Workshop </a>for PhD Students studying urban phenomena from a broad spectre of disciplines (sociology, Health, Education, Politic science, Human Geography and History). Anders and me are busy planning this and we'll hopefully be host to people from Norway, Sweden, Finland, France and Italy. It will be quite international and intercultural, with a seminar, a guided tour of Örebro Castle and dinner in town.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mats, Dieter and me started preparing for two new articles to come. One about place marketing and one considering the decision making process of the Dutch lifestyle migrants coming to Central Sweden in the early 21st Century. A lot of studying and planning needs to be done, as I will probably visit the <a href="http://zweden.placement.nl/default.aspx?menu=275&id=377">Scandinavia Day</a> in Hoevelaken in January and the <a href="http://www.emigratiebeurs.nl/">Emigration Fair</a> in Houten in February 2011. A start is made with studying Simon Anholts books and <a href="http://www.simonanholt.com/">website</a> considering his work about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4W5vaVyt7I">competitive identity</a> and the Nation Brands Index.<br /><br />So, yes it's true that I couldn't join C & L to Northern Sweden. What is more, I have finally been doing some work in and around the house; I hope the garden, car, stairs and trees look nicer now than before (but see another <a href="http://kleinigheidjes.blogspot.com/">blog</a>).Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-24860344210627167242010-08-03T10:36:00.004+02:002011-10-20T17:05:00.780+02:00August and everything afterProbably, I started working to soon after dad passed away. It wasn't possible to focus on work those weeks in May and June. One lecture that I was supposed to give had to be cancelled as I hadn't been able to prepare a proper one. Talking sense when supervising students during the B-paper course was quite a challenge. No suprise then, that I couldn't really find a way to submit the article.<br /><br />Finally, the summerholidays started, we travelled to Holland and I could sort of relax. It was right in those first weeks of the holidyas that I regained some concentration and on 15 July, I submitted the article.<br /><br />Now it's the beginning of August and slowly I start working again. Trying not to exagerate. It will be a while before comments on the article will reach me. Instead, reading texts I should have read before is a good way to start up. At work, not many people have returned from their holidays, which also smoothens things.<br /><br />Later on, there will be kick-offs and meetings. And Peter and me will have to start planning for the Autumn version of the course about <em>population, urbanisation and mobility</em>. I will also have to make plans for two new articles and field work for these articles. But now, I will read Brian Berry's classical reader (1975) about urbanisation and counterurbanisation.Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-41378121024473098892010-05-14T15:13:00.003+02:002010-05-14T15:23:50.298+02:00Mourning and sorrowThese last weeks have been a complete chaos of feelings and thoughts. As you may know. May father died in April. All other things are unimportant. I was there in the Netherlands and stayed for some weeks.<br /><br />For work this meant that nothing particular was done in April. My colleagues kindly took over the lectures I was supposed to give and the seminars I was supposed to lead. One lecture was cancelled as I thought that I could do it, but in the last moment realised that I wasn't able to focus at all.<br /><br />I am now together with Mats and Ann-Cathrine lecturing on a course about writing a scientific paper. This involves more consultation work than lecturing, which could be good as it requires a more practical way of focussing. I find focussing on practical matters somewhat easier than focussing on theory, concepts and academic writing.<br /><br />This week, I took over after Anders, who was supposed to organise a Nordic Urban Workshop. This is to be held in Örebro in October, and about 20 PhD students are expected to participate. Event organisation is something we learned at European Studies and I am happy to be able to practice that now. Together with a research administrator, we are planning and making a flyer.<br /><br />The PhD course on Mobility was already finished when the tragedy happend. No new PhD courses are planned for this Spring term. There may be one course coming up in the Autumn. A course on quantitave methods, here in Örebro. Would be good not to travel too much.<br /><br />And yes, I am trying to finish my article soon.Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-51616015587238973832009-11-10T12:42:00.003+01:002009-11-10T12:54:00.805+01:00Thinking of 2010Three months of paternity leave have gone by, Lucas and me have been to Holland for a week, and I decided to try to see these coming months as some sort of holiday. I will need to relax, because 2010 is already promissing to become a hectic year!<br /><br />Planning for the courses that I'm lecturing on has started. Together with PS, I will be lecturing on a course about mobility and population geography. Last year's lecturing about Economic Geography will not be prolonged, but the work I did for the so-called B-thesis will. This means that I will be busy during the second half of the Spring Term (April and May 2010, with preparing in March and reporting in June), as well as some ten weeks at the end of the year.<br /><br />Besides that, I had planned to write papers for 2 courses (the one about Cultural Heritage in Bergslagen and the one about Geographical classic texts). Of course, the article still has to be finished, and I have many ideas how to do this. It's just that I realise it will take a lot of time. Therefore, I cancelled my own plans about the trip to the congress in Washington in April. You can't always get what you want! On the other hand, I still would like to visit the <a href="http://www.emigratiebeurs.nl/">Emigration Fair </a>in Houten (NL) on 13 & 14 February 2010.<br /><br />I had planned not to participate in any Doctoral courses during Spring 2010, as I have enough to do anyway. But what happens? Yes, a course that seems to be made for me is scheduled for January - April 2010. It's a course about "Mobility in Time and Space", organised by the Universities of Gothenburg, Umeå and Tartu (Estonia). Three sessions are planned, three days at each University. This means a lot of travelling, reading and writing. However, it would fit well with the course that I'll be lecturing on just a few weeks later. How to combine this all with family-life and hobbies?<br /><br />Well, that's a puzzle I have to lay in the coming weeks....Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-21323351494119493952009-10-12T20:21:00.006+02:002009-11-10T12:42:04.301+01:00Work never really stopsAfter 2 months of paternity leave, I finally feel like the pace of life is slowing down. It has been a lot of fixing in and around the new house and travelling to and from friends and relatives. And work kept me busier than I thought.<br /><br />First of all, I'm still working on the first article, be it with some more distance to the text. On 10 September, Mats, Dieter and me had a meeting. Some comments on the text have come by mail from friends in the Netherlands and a few days ago, Mats and me had a meeting in order to summarise all that should be done before we can send the article to a journal. It feels like there are a lot of smaller things, such as numbers and figures that should be double checked and some diagrams altered. Well, this is gonna take some time during autumn, and then I'll work with it full speed after my return on the workfloor in January.<br /><br />The editorial work with the reader about images of Bergslagen is showing some nice results. With the help of the editors, my chapter starts to take real shape and the reader should be published within a few months' time. That would mean my first academic publication, and it's even in Swedish!<br /><br />Other things are the financial side of paternity leave, which is quite difficult to arrange when you have as an administrator earning real wage prior to your PhD studies, and now have an income made up of 86% scholarship and 14% wage. It took a half a year, but even that seems to be okay now, and I will soon be able to pay C. my half of the table that we bought for our house.<br /><br />Planning for next year, I haev filled in a form with my wishes for lecturing. If all goes as planned, I will be lecturing approximately 200 hours in 2010, on courses in "Population Geography", "Culture, Tourism and Regional Development", "Geographical Area Studies" and other courses.<br /><br />Last but not least, we are celebrating 2 new Doctors of Philosophy in our discipline; Max and Moa! This means an official defence, followed by a dinner and party on which we created the tradition of singing a song composed by us, accompanied by some Geographers playing the guitar. Often hilarious, not so much beacuase of the text, but rather due to our (mediocre)performance :)<br /><br />And then of course, to gether with C. I'm still taking care of Lucas and our new house. A journey to the Netherlands is also planned for the end of the month. Purpose: visiting an <a href="http://www.zweeds.net/">emigration fair </a>in Bunnik!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-75259198506113292162009-08-20T12:34:00.004+02:002010-08-03T10:51:36.637+02:00Paternity leaveAs we start seeing the end of summer here in Örebro, it is time for a resume of the past months. Before the summerbreak, I've been working a lot with "other things" such as the PhD Section, Lecturing and writing a chapter for the Anthology/Reader "Fram träder Bergslagen" (Bergslagen Emerges). This was all fun and worthwile, but together with moving houses, my 'real' work was somewhat neglected. Around the 14th of July, I finished a first manuscript for the article that I had been preparing from the coruse in Norrköping onwards. After comments on the congresses in Örebro and Turku, it is now quite close to a "Publishable" version I would say.<br /><br />On a few weeks time, I will meet my two supervisors Mats and Dieter in order to see what should be changed in the article before we can try to submit it to an academic journal.<br /><br />Now, as I am on paternity leave until mid-January, and C. works full time, I have to take care of Lucas, who just awoke from his mid-day sleep. More about the paternity leave later and perhaps also elsewhere in cyberspace.Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-56633405039964805842009-04-02T15:41:00.002+02:002009-04-02T15:49:15.134+02:00Getting seriousSo, now that the last exams are graded for this course I was lecturing and Peter and me gave our lecture on Geographical Area Studies, I can seriously concentrate on my first article. It will hopefully be finished by the start of the summer, and I have received some good comments by my second supervisor from Umeå; Dieter Müller. An 8,000 words paper cannot be too broad so the aim and questions need to be specified to quite a large extent. This first article will be about characterising the Dutch that migrate to the Swedish countryside and I will travel to the Netherlands in order to find som more statistics and conduct some telephone-interviews.<br /><br />The article will be quite quantitative and it will introduce the phenomenon from a more national perspective. It will discuss why I choose to study the Dutch, why they are recruited and why now. Quite simple questions, but the answers may be quite complicated. We'll see! At least, I can thank a good friend of mine for reviewing the first version of the manuscript :)<br /><br />Now, I'm off to the spring-sun, my "caught a cold"-son and some sports before the weekend starts!<br />Cheersio, /MeimerMarco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-89365297268758603422009-03-14T14:13:00.005+01:002009-03-14T14:30:17.930+01:00Article 1 - the orange waveGood news about the course in Norrköping - I passed! Yeah, the course leaders sent me an e-mail yesterday and I couldn't have a better start of the weekend. They praised my work and encouraged me to try to publish the course-paper in a journal.<br /><br />This is exactly what I'm trying to do. The work with my first real scientific article has started. Inspired by concepts as transnational entrepreneurship, regional growth and literature about why Dutch migrants leave the Netherlands, I have written a text. This text was commented on during a <a href="http://www.oru.se/cures2009">conference </a>in Örebro. I will revise it soon and send it to Dieter Müller, my second supervisor from Umeå. He will visit us in Örebro at the end of March and comment on my paper. His comments are of course valuable and I will revise the paper again and try to submit and present it at the <a href="http://congress.utu.fi/ngm09/">Nordic Geographers Meet</a> in Finland at the beginning of June. Who knows, after this, I might be able to send it to a scientific journal such as <em>Population, Space and Place</em> or <em>Entrepreneurship and Regional Development</em>. In the meantime, I need some more statistics and references to relevant literature.<br /><br />Also in the meantime, I am and will be lecturing in various courses. Economic Geography, the same course as last semester; a course on how to write a thesis; and a guestlecture in a course about social work. This last lecture is a good challenge to me, as I will try to combine some interesting knowledge about migration studies with Area-studies and my own study.<br /><br />Also, it is interesting to follow the current developments in the migrant recruitment industry. A close familymember to me has visited the Emigration Fair in March 2009 in Utrecht and sent me some interesting information and a good report about this. Placement will organise a fair in April and Region Dalarna is of course continuing their recruitment.<br /><br />It is really exciting to try to combine this information into a good article just around the time of celebrating my 30th birthday, as well as raising our son and preparing for moving houses!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-39499959312763474162009-02-05T10:31:00.005+01:002009-02-05T11:48:58.470+01:00NorrköpingMonday 19 January was not a usual Monday.<br /><br />Caroline, Lucas and me were driving the car to Norrköping, because I was going to take a course there. We also had my mum in the car, who had visited us for some days and who would now take the coach from Norrköping to Skavsta Airport that same day. The weather Gods were not with us, as we had heavy snow. Road 51 between Örebro and Norrköping is not exactly a highway and most of the time wewere stuck behind a truck. Due to the bad weather and road conditions we weren't driving faster than 40 km/h instead of the allowed 90. Very frustrating, since I didn't want to start the course by missing the first lecture, and my mum didn't want to end her visit by missing the coach to the airport.<br /><br />However, after 2 hours we arrived in Norrköping, about 110 km from Örebro. I was lucky to find the campus quite soon and I only missed some minutes of the inaugural lecture. My mum notified me some minutes later that se made it to the bus. Everything alright, and Caroline and Lucas could take it easy on their way back to Örebro. I think they even took a rest in Katrineholm.<br /><br />The campus in Norrköping is wonderful! In the middle of this town, situated in some old buildings that once were the blooming centre of the textile industry, are now some faculties of <a href="http://www.liu.se/">Linköping University</a>'s Campus Norrköping. One of the buildings at the entrance is now the Louis de Geer theatre, marking the importance of this Dutch entrepreneur that initiated some of the industries in Norrköping in the 18th Century. For entering the campus you have to walk through a small tower, or campanille, which reminded me of <a href="http://www.tcd.ie/">Trinity College Dublin</a>. The <em>Motala Ström</em> meanders through the area and waterfalls cascade beside bridges and pathways. Pleasant surroundings!<br /><br />The course is called <a href="http://www.isv.liu.se/pub/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=18357&a=127487">Theories and Politics of International Migration</a>. It is part of the Graduate School in REMESO (Institute for on Research Migration, Ethnicity and Society) and lasted from Monday to Friday. Accomodation was taken care of by the course administrator. We were about 20 students from all over Europe, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Poland, Turkey, Scotland, Lithuania and Spain. Some of us had a more difficult story, such as the girl from Spain who actually was from Mexico, a guy from Bosnia that had been living in Sweden for many years, the girsl from Scotland who's parents are Czech but who lived most of their life in Denmark, and me, a Dutch guy from Sweden (or the other way around). It was like an Erasmus Exchange and we never had a dull moment. Either we were in class, some days 11 hours of lectures and seminars, or we hung out in one of the town's bars and restaurants. We also met in the <a href="http://www.hotellhornan.com/">hotel/youthhostel </a>where we stayed. You can imagine that I was completely exhausted when I sat in the coach back home on Friday afternoon!<br /><br />What was the course about? Yeah, well, there were 5 themes. The first day, Professor <a href="http://www.sussex.ac.uk/geography/profile7433.html">Russell King </a>(University of Sussex) lectured about the state of the art in International Migration Research. Very interesting lectures, especially from a Human Geography point of view. He told about the somewhat artificial divide between internal and international migration and about a new map of migration in Europe. Here is where my study fits best; lifestyle migration. The second day, Political scientist Peo Hanssen - one of the initiators of the course - told us about the European Integration of Migration. Also an interesting subject, especially since I am interest in the EU and it's "internal migration". Day three started with an extra lecture by Russell King on his newest work about Albania. Very inspiring for my forthcoming article! Later that day, Branka Likić spoke about Irregular Migration, Changing Labour Markets and Perspectives on Global Governance. Interesting, but not directly related to my research interests. Migrant Experiences of Integration and Discrimination was the subject of the next-last day. Stefan Jonsson, a critic writing about social and cultural phenomena for the Swedish Newspaper DN, showed us the movie "<a href="http://cineuropa.org/film.aspx?documentID=50413">La raison du plus fort</a>". Together, we took the role of philosophers and talked bout different experiences of migrating to a completely different society. Most focus was put on the politics of the veil in France and difficulties between Muslim and other ethnic groups in Europe. The course was concluded by a panel discussion on Friday. Theme for the discussion was Migration and Development and here guest lecturer Charles Woolfsson from Glasgow University but living in Lithuania painted a picture about Lithuanian membership in the EU and the role of migration and development for this Baltic state. You can imagine it took me some days to sort all the information I got, it was a very intensive week!<br /><br />But now, I should start writing the paper for the course, if I want to receive my 7.5 ECTS credits! Cheerio!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-16897905001146740662009-01-06T20:33:00.002+01:002009-01-06T20:50:04.367+01:00Happy 2009!Almost one week of 2009 has passed and Sweden is getting ready for a new year of work and relaxation. Hopefully, you had some good Christmas Holidays. We spent it in the North of Sweden, enjoying the winterweather and lacking internet access.<br /><br />For now, I started slowly with some hours of work yesterday evening. Today, an official holiday in Sweden (Three Kings, 13 days after Christmas, aka Epiphany), I worked some hours. Many things have to be done again, starting with the essay I have to write for the course in GeoClassics. I aim at investigating the concepts of livsform (introduced by Höjrup in 1983), and linking it to Livestyle migration. Also, I am thinking of exploring some classics in Migration research; Ravenstein, Zipf, Hägerstrand and the like. In doing so, I should get a better understanding of the eras in Human Geography, from the 1880s to the end opf the 20th Century, with the Humanist era getting most attention.<br /><br />This essay will probably also serve as a good starter for an intensive week in Norrköping, starting 19 January. At the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society (<a href="http://www.isv.liu.se/remeso">REMESO</a>), I will attend a course called Theories and Politics of International Migration. A lot of reading needs to be done, but fortunately, most of this is sent to us in pdf format by e-mail. It seems to be a well-organised course, as accomodation is booked for us, and we can receive a student grant to cover the travel costs.<br /><br />After this course, for which a paper is compulsory, I will have to focus on 2 scientific articles, a congress in Örebro in March (<a href="http://www.oru.se/cures2009">Sustainable Cities and Regions</a>) and of course lecturing. Besides this, I will attend courses about Interview Methods and Cultural Heritage in the Bergslagen Area.<br /><br />A lot of work, but from Midsommar onwards, I will be on paternity leave to spend half a year at home with my son!<br /><br />have a happy 2009,<br />/Meimer (see also my Dutch blog @ <a href="http://meimer.volkskrantreizen.nl/">volkskrantreizen</a>)Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-51051572973013338372008-12-10T16:45:00.004+01:002008-12-10T16:55:38.489+01:00DecemberstressDecember is always a busy month, but this year seems to beat all other years! First of all, our little son is growing and exploring his new world endlessly, which naturally takes much energy from us, the parents. It is lovely though!<br /><br />Second of all, at works the creativity just expands and expands, and at the moment I am planning my text for the course GeoClassics, as well as the chapter about the Dutch Impressions of Bergslagen for the reader <em>Bilder av Bergslagen</em>.<br /><br />Moreover, I am planning to attend a course called <em>Politics and Theories of International Migration</em> in Norrköping in the middle of January, for which an article will have to be written as an assignment. this article can be combined with the article that I wanted to write anyway, by the working title "Mapping The Orange Wave" - more news to come. Also, I would like to finish a 1st version of my 2nd article before the summer holidays.<br /><br />And last but not least, a working group (including myself) at the university has been busy attempting to start a Section for PhD Students at Örebro Student Union see the Result at <a href="http://www.oru.se/doksek"><em>DokSek</em></a>.<br /><br />Also, have a look at t he menu on the left of this page, scroll down a bitt and take a look at Swedish tv item 3, or at the websites under the header <span style="color:#ff9900;">other blogs & sites</span>. With the new report by the Swedish <a href="http://www.glesbygdsverket.se/"><em>National Agency for Rural Development</em></a>, a lot is happening, not least in Bergslagen!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-56106246119956638002008-11-25T20:34:00.002+01:002008-11-25T20:51:06.988+01:00UmeåLast week, I was in Umeå to meet my second supervisor Dieter Müller, a Human Geographer who has written much about Germans owning Second Homes in Sweden. We had an interesting conversation and he made me aware of the book <a href="http://oru.sub.su.se/cgi-bin/voyager/lanevillkor/loanpolicy_ORU_test?mfhdid=349036&pid=6744&seq=20081125204337">Tourism and Migration by C. Michael Hall</a>. We chatted about where migration starts and where tourism ends - no one really knows!<br /><br />On 18 November 2008, I took part in a Meeting of the Population Geographers Network, also at Umeå University. This was a very interesting day and it gave my some new insights and knowledge about present and upcoming studies about Hallstahammar and Åland for example.<br /><br />On the way back to Örebro, I visited Region Dalarna in Falun and had an interview there. I received a brochure about the work by Region Dalarna and found their thoughts about Place Branding very interesting, especially the pages by <a href="http://oru.sub.su.se/cgi-bin/voyager/lanevillkor/loanpolicy_ORU_test?mfhdid=359737&pid=6744&seq=20081125204800">Simon Anholt</a>, about Regional Competition.<br /><br />This, together with earlier remarks about my plans during the conference in Bredsjö, and during a course in Interview Methods, makes that I have enough plans for my study for the comings months! And I still haven't transcribed all my interviews! Upcoming; another interview with a Dutch couple living close by Örebro.<br /><br />More news later!<br />/MeimerMarco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-21846897664047213552008-11-03T16:31:00.004+01:002008-11-03T16:38:42.499+01:00Fieldwork - InterviewsIn the first week of October, I did some fieldwork in my research area; Bergslagen. Hällefors, Ljusnarsberg, Nora, Ludvika and Smedjebacken have seen my face. I interviewed Dutch migrants there, as well as people from organisations such as Region Dalarna and Placement. It were fruitful days and I now will try to transcribe the 7 interviews, as a valuable empirical part of my coming articles.<br />Keep an eye on this site and some Academic Magazines such as <em>Population, Place and Space</em> and you might see my name there :) Also, I started a new blog in Dutch @ <a href="http://meimer.volkskrantreizen.nl/">meimer.volkskrantreizen.nl</a>. More detailed info can be found there!<br /><br />More info will follow, from our yearly Conference for PhD Students for example.Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-91262587576194752362008-09-16T13:46:00.010+02:002008-11-03T16:31:25.575+01:00Autumn ReflectionsLast weekend Caroline, Lucas and me went for a walk at Karlslund's Herrgård. The crispy air and the sunny weather had invited us on this tour. A day like this makes me reflect of the time to come, as far as work is concerned. There are so much possibilities and my problem is that I want to participate in everything!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246586632444814322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KvE_zG4l_ac/SM-evp4vo_I/AAAAAAAAAE4/t2GRzn-efS4/s320/P9141230.JPG" border="0" /><br />However, after a talk with my supervisor and this Autumn walk, the planning looks like this: first, we'll travel to Holland with Lucas. I will also read some texts for our course "Geography Classics". Moreover, I will attend a Emigration Fair in Zenderen and will talk with families thinking of migrating to Sweden.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246584483411745874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KvE_zG4l_ac/SM-cykHVXFI/AAAAAAAAAEo/HUIwhcNC1FY/s320/P9141258.JPG" border="0" /><br />I will also make sure that my name is on the list for a course on Interview Methods, which will be held at Örebro University this Autumn. More reading needs to be done in order to prepare for lecturing in a course called Economic Geography. For this, the book by Knox and Marston is a must. Besides this, Peter and me are invited to come and lecture at a course in Social Work. We have to explain the use of Human Geographic terms such as place and space in front of 170 students. . . .<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246585854645726210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KvE_zG4l_ac/SM-eCYW_bAI/AAAAAAAAAEw/hKbGai3cy6A/s320/P9141253.JPG" border="0" /><br />...Last but not least, I will participate in some conferences. <em>Sustainable</em> <em>Cities and Regions</em> in Örebro in March 2009; A network day for PhD Students in Gothenburg in May 2009 and a Nordic Geographers Meet in Åbo/Turku (Fi) in June 2009. Pfffff...Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410167016953161990.post-78893366727329180342008-08-26T12:58:00.003+02:002008-08-26T13:09:36.881+02:00Welcome Lucas!On 30 July 2008, our son Lucas John is borne. A wonderful boy, and we're very happy with him! The holidays have been smooth, mainly staying close or in Örebro waiting for our baby to be borne. We visited small places nearby (<a href="http://www.englasskafferi.se/">Englas skafferi</a>, Askersund, Nora etc.) and watched large sports events (Wimbledon, Euro2008, Roland Garros, and - after Lucas' birth - the Olympics). We have had a lot of friends and family visiting the three of us - the last in the row (oma and mama - or "the oma's") leaving tomorrow.<br /><br />This is my second week of work after the holidays, and I must admit that I haven't done so much during the 5 summerweeks, nore in my first week at the office. It's all so bombastic - the miracle of a new life!<br /><br />But in the meantime, CUReS have had a kick-off in <a href="http://www.kilsbergen.se/">Ånnaboda</a>, I have had a meeting with Mats about the coming round of interviews and journeys and I have started studying for the course of Economic Geography in which I will be responsible for a lecture and a seminar in October. For those of you interested, try to find a book called <em>Human Geography</em>, by Paul Knox and Sallie Marston.<br /><br />More news to come!Marco Eimermannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694224888867947828noreply@blogger.com0